Australian and Ta.-<i}ii(i iilai) Coleopfera. 133 



once and one-half as long, sides ])iirallel. punctures dense and 

 minute. Abdomen long and parallel sided almost to apex ; 

 punctures minute and indistinct. Length U, to apex of elytra 

 J mm. 



Hah. — Victoria : Forrest (H. W. Davey), Emerald ; Tasmania : 

 Mount Wellington, Hobart, Huon River, Swansea ; N.S. Wales : 

 Sydney, Forest Reefs. Dalmorton ; W. Australia : Swan River, 

 Karridale, Albany, Bridgetown, Pinjarrah (A. M. Lea). 



In general appearance like atyphella but somewhat paler and 

 much smaller. On some specimens the elytra are but little, or 

 not at all, darker than the prothorax ; the dark parts of the 

 abdomen are sometimes extended to the second and sixth 

 segments ; the head is occasionally black, but as a rule is of a 

 rather dark brown. 



Mr. Davey sent two specimens as from the nest of a small 

 black ant in a log, on another occasion he sent twenty-five as 

 from close to a nest of the same species of ant. Most of the 

 specimens taken by myself were from flood debris. 



Dahra n/'tida, n.sp. (Fig. 2.) 



Shining. Reddish castaneous ; elytra and several abdominal 

 segments slightly stained with piceous. Very finely pubescent, 

 a few setae at sides of abdomen ; hind angles of prothorax and 

 elytra each tipped with a seta. 



Head slightly sw(jllen behind the eyes, and somewhat flaltened 

 between them. Antennae longer and thinner than in other 

 species of the genus, and passing ba.se of prothorax. first joint 

 slightly longer than second and 1:hird combined, eleventh as 

 long as ninth and tenth eombined, some of the intermediate 

 joints wider than long, but none strongly transverse. Prothorax 

 about twice as wide as long, very fiat, sides not channelled, but 

 ■A vague depression on each side in front, apex feebly incurved 

 to middle, front angles rounded ; base distinctly wider than 

 apex, and bisinuate, hind angles acute ; with minute punctures, 

 more noticeable on sides than elsewhere. Elytra a])Oul as long 

 and as wide as prothorax, sides not channelled, hind angles 

 acute ; with dense, minute punctures. Upper surface of 

 attdonitii with a row of small setiferotis punctures at the apex 



